Aeronautics: Didn't Prove a Thing

Wiley Post, who flew the
monoplane Winnie Mae around the world in eight days with Harold Gatty,
sat on the edge of his bed in a Chicago hotel room one day last week,
talking to a reporter for North American Newspaper Alliance while he
dressed. Flyer Post:

"Our flight didn't prove a thing. No stunt flying does. It is silly to
say that such flights are made to develop aviation. No flyer would use
an experimental device on such a trip. Only the equipment already
proved sound is acceptable to a long distance...